246 SPHAERODACTYLUS. 



Remarks: — I have seen but very few specimens of this rare species. Never- 

 theless, I am convinced that my dacnicolor is Gosse's oxyrrhinus. No informa- 

 tion has come to hand regarding its habits or occurrence in Jamaica. 



15. Sphaerodactylus argivxjs Garman. 

 Plate 5, fig. 2; Plate 16, fig. 5-8. 



Sphaerodactylus argivus Garman, Bull. Essex inst., 1888, 20, p. 3. 



Type-locality: — Caymen Brae. C. J. Maynard. 



Types;— CoTYPE. M.C.Z. 13,597. Cotypes. M.C.Z. 6,223 (7specimens). 



Distribution: — The type-locality. 



Diagnosis: — Medium size, having small keeled imbricate dorsals; about 

 fourteen or fifteen equalling the distance from tip of snout to middle of eye; 

 about fourteen small scales in a row between the orbits ; no ocelli nor conspicuous 

 colour-pattern; this species also lacks the two lateral crescentic grooves in the 

 rostral seen in argus. 



Description:— M.C.Z. Cotype. 13,597: Cotype M. C. Z. 6,223. Snout 

 rounded, short; eye slightly nearer tip of snout than ear; rostral with median 

 groove ; nostril between rostral, a large supranasal and two or three small scales 

 which almost or quite occlude it from the first supralabial; fourth, a small, 

 supralabial lying under centre of eye; superciliary spine present; head above and 

 on sides covered with very fine granules, slightly larger on snout; dorsals very 

 small, keeled, slightly imbricating about fourteen equal to distance of tip of 

 snout from centre of eye ; mental larger than rostral ; a fe w enlarged postmentals ; 

 gular scales small, flat and roundish; ventrals overlapping, larger than dorsals, 

 perfectly smooth; limbs covered with very small smooth scales; scales of tail 

 small, not forming whorls; medium sized enlarged plates below. 



Colour: — Reddish gray, speckled with darker a few Ughter specks or dots, 

 no ocelli. 



